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redqueen

(115,103 posts)
Tue Mar 19, 2013, 03:42 PM Mar 2013

Malala Back In School After Taliban Shooting

We can use some good news, I think.

Malala Yousafzai was flown to the UK to be treated after she was shot for campaigning for the rights of girls to receive an education.

After months of surgery and rehabilitation at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the 15-year-old has joined pupils at Edgbaston High School for Girls.

Malala said: "I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school.

"I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity.

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http://news.sky.com/story/1066900/malala-back-in-school-after-taliban-shooting


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Malala Back In School After Taliban Shooting (Original Post) redqueen Mar 2013 OP
I so hope that she get's the Nobel Peace Prize even though she hasn't any drones. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #1
K & R. n/t FSogol Mar 2013 #2
She is teh awesome. n/t winter is coming Mar 2013 #3
How wonderful. I hope she continues to inspire young women everywhere. nolabear Mar 2013 #4

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
4. How wonderful. I hope she continues to inspire young women everywhere.
Tue Mar 19, 2013, 04:22 PM
Mar 2013

ONE dream a bullet couldn't end!

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